CupulifercB.-]' CALIFORNIA.—SUPPLEMENT. 391 
basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis aclultis praesertim serratis glaucescentibus coriaceis 
punctis niinutis I'esinosis adspersis margine reflexo obsolete nervosis, amentis axillaribus 
solitariis, fructibus tuberculatis nudis. — Ch. et Schl. in Linncea, VI. p. 535 ; Hook. Flor. 
Bor. Am. 1\. p. 260. — M. Xalapensis, supra p. 160; (an H.B.K. ?) 
Ord. LVIII. CUPULIFER^. Rich. 
1. Quercus agrifolia {Nee) foliis subcoi’dato-ovatis remote spinoso-dentatis utrinque 
glabris perennantibiis, fructibus solitariis geminisque axillaribus, cupulae hemisphsericae 
basi attenuatae squamis adpressis oblongis obtusiusculis glabriusculis, glande ovato-oblonga 
acuta juniore subconica. — Nee in Ann. Sc. Natur. III. p. 271 ; Willd. Sp. PI. IV. p. 431 ; 
Spr. Sgsf. III. p. 859. — Hook. Ic. PI ined. 
2. Q. Garryana {Dough) foliis membranaceis latissime obovatis utrinque obtusis sin- 
uato-pinnatifidis siccitate nigrescentibus supra glabris subtus petiolis ramisque dense fusco- 
pubescentibus lobis latis obtusissimis, fructibus sessilibus, cupula perbrevi-hemisphaerica 
dense squamosa squamis ovato-acuminatis pubescentibus, glande ovata obtusa cum umbone 
conico. Hook. flor. Bor. Am. 11. p. 159. 
California. Menzies. Douglas. 
3. Q. Douglasii ; foliis membranaceis oblongo-ovalibus basi acutis petiolatis sinuato- 
pinnatifidis siccitate baud nigrescentibus, supra glabris subtus puberulis, lobis brevibus 
acutiusculis, petiolis ramulisque junioribus dense fulvo-pubescentibus, fructibus sessilibus 
solitariis binisve, cupula hemisplimrica dense squamosa squamis ovatis convexis in appen- 
dicem submembranaceam fulvam appressam linearem obtusam productis pubescentibus, 
glande ovata cupulam triplo superante obtusa cum umbone conico. — Hook. Ic. PI. ined. 
The leaves and whole appearance of this plant closely resemble Q. sessiliflora, but the scales of the cu- 
pule are different. In this respect also, as well as in the shape and colour of the leaves when dry, it differs from 
Q. Garryana, We have branches with nascent foliage which we suspect to be the young state of this 
plant ; in these the leaves are covered with down on both sides, the lobes are tipped with a short soft mucro. 
4. Q. densiflora; foliis perennantibus coriaceis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis basi 
obtusis breviter acuminatis parallele nervosis integerrimis margine revolutis junioribus 
fulvo-furfuraceo-tomentosis subtus pallidioribus demum glabris, amentis masculis elongatis 
folia subsuperantibus densifloris valde tomentosis nunc ad basin flores paucos femineos 
gerentibus, fructibus sessilibus, cupula brevi hemispherica dense squamosa, squamibus 
elongato-linearibus laxis sericeis, glande ovato-globosa sericea Hook. Ic. PI. ined. 
This remarkable plant has very much the appearance of a Castanea, the fruit in the only specimen we 
possess being situated at the base of a male somewhat fascicled catkin of the former year, while the numerous 
male catkins of the present year present no appearance whatever of female flowers. The leaves are from 
two and a half to three inches long, and nearly three-quarters of an inch in breadth. 
